Sy, A2 Castlégar News November 19, 1989 Kimberley man vies for union post By CasNews Staff An East Kootenay steelworker is one of tworcandidares vying Tor a district directorship in the — United Steelworkers of America as union members head to the polls Nov, 21 to elect a national director, international officers and district directors, Ken Neumann of Kimberley is challenging for the union's District 3 directorship which covers all of Canada west of the Ontario border the largest geographical area in the in ternational union Neumann's opponent is Saskat chewan’s Terry Stevens, brother of former District 3 director Len Stevens “L surely understand, after coming through the ranks Ship’s needs,” said Neumann, who Promises an ‘open door policy”—if elected Neumann, in an interview with the Castlegar News Friday, said he will our member also be *‘down in the trenches’* when needed, adding that he plans.10-travel to various areas to listen to the mem. bers’ needs Ti —his—campaign~titerature; Neumann cites a number of goals he would pursue if elected including cam. pai, ng for indexed common pensions, bargaining strategies, fighting contracting out to developing prevent the loss of union jobs, lob bying for Workers’ Compensation reform, improving health and safety training and fighting for better safety laws, and developing systematic ap: Proach to union organizing. Neumann's work history includes stints as a steelmaker and a miner. He was’ appointed to the United Steelworkers staff in 1977 and tran. sferred to Kimberley from Saskat chewan in 1983. He is currently chair man_of the Cominco—Bargaining Council Castlegar's Ron Schmidt, local Steelworkers Neumann has the unanimous support of union executives in the West representative, says Schmidt, noting that Neumann is “a guy—whe's—come_up through the ranks,"’ says the candidate is “exac tly’’ what District 3 needs as it heads in to the 1990s Neumann says the United Steelworkers can't. rely on ‘the wisdom of the past’? and urges union leaders in the west to work together with the membership. Voting will take place by secret ballot Tuesday, Schmidt said, noting that all employers, with the exception of Kootenay Savings Credit Union have offered the use of lunch rooms or will allow polling booths for the vote Schmidt said union members at KSCU, who organized earlier this year at six of the credit union’s nine bran: ches;inchiding-Casttegar,—witt setup polling booths outside the branches Tuesday morning Castlegar union members who are not scheduled to work Tuesday can vote at the Scotsman Motor Inn olice file About 1.1 kilograms of marijuana and a small amount of hashish oil were seized by the police after a warrant was executed at a Robson residence Nov 10, RCMP said. Charges of possession of narcotics for the purposes of trafficking are pending against two adults. The RCMP also seized equipment for the cultivation of marijuana during the operation which was conducted by the Castlegar RCMP and the Nelson drug section A court date has been set for Jan. 8 Council briefs Avenue) at 32nd Str ter the city from the south km-h zone further south city from Salmo and Grand Forks. to the request Fequest),"’ he said a “wish list capital budget The list of a dozen project removed because of the aquatic cent pond, completion of paving arou facing of two tennis cou water and sewer servic Dave Gairns cautioned abou Pending the outcome of such Ald. Terry Rogers said Council has been notified it Council wants speed reduced Castlegar city council has agreed to ask the Ministry of Highways to eliminate the | 70-kilometre-per-hour transition zone into and out of Castlegar on Highway 22 in thesouth end of the city Safety is our primary concern, chairman of council's protective services committee. Chernoff pointed out that there is a pedestrian crosswalk across Highway 22 (Columbia et and said drivers tend to speed up as they approach the crosswalk leaving the city and have not slowed sufficiently as they en: Removing the 70-km-h zone would result in the extension of the 60 ° : Signs needed, city says Council will ask the Ministry of Highways to install signs teHing truckers to check their brakes before heading down the steep hills into the Protective services committee chairman Ald. Lawrence Chernoff said the request was prompted by the recent crash of a runaway semi trailer whose brakes failed in Kamloops. The crash killed five people “We don’t want a Kamloops situation here,’ Chernoff said Ald. Albert Calderbank said he hopes the ministry responds quickly T hope we don’t have to wait until there's a load of steel in the mid dle of Castlegar before they (ministry officials) do something about (the Project list submitted Council's parks and recreation commit of projects it would like to see done include expansion of Kinsmen Park, renovations to Kinnaird Hall, replacement of the Complex’s ad ball diamonds at Kinnaird Park as we s at Zinio Park and installation of restrooms, and a sprinklers ‘It’s frequently not possible to include them all he list of projects Resolution endorsed Council has endorsed a resolution by the Stratford, Ont urging the federal government to commission a study aimed at developing a national transportation policy that would encourage a mix of all tran sportation modes for the best energy efficiency, environmental com patibility, acceptance by users and access by all Canadians a study, Stratford council’s resolution urges the government not to make cuts in existing VIA Rail service Noting that the federal government seeks unity among Canadians. The transportation needs of our country are one of the major symbols of unity. I think this is a well-worded resolution Castlegar gets lottery funds will receive one-third of the actual Project costs up to a maximum of $23,833 from B.C said Ald. Lawrerfce Chernoff, as presented council with icluded in the city’s 1990 a ch are guaranteed to get ature playground which was onstruction, improvements to the as the park entrance and reflecting Arena, repair and resur em at Inland Gas Park city administrator . city council lottery funds for and the investigation is continuing Castlegar RCMP are investigating a hit-and-run accident Nov. 6 in which a Castlegar youth on a bicycle was struck by an unknown van that may have been blue in color, RCMP said The youth sustained minor head in. juries. Anyone who witnessed the ac cident is asked to contact the Castlegar RCMP A single vehicle with a male driver and a male passenger rolled down the embankment off Columbia Avenue between 12th Street and 11th Street while travelling north at about 3:13 a.m. Nov. 1! RCMP said The vehicle rolled into a parking lot and the two men sustained injuries, police said The investigation is continuing Wayne Hurlbert of Central Taxi lost a portable radio near the Safeway parking lot between 1:20 p.m. and 2 p.m. Nov. 15, Castlegar RCMP report Anyone with information about the radioisaskedto contact Huribert Lottery numbers completion of the new ballpark at the Community Complex Former Minister of Tourism.and acting Provincial Secretary Claude Richmond informed council of the grant in a letter late last month. The money will be paid upon completion of the new ballpark * Canada Safeway ° Overwaitea © Shoppers © SuperValu ¢ Zellers Not oll flyers receive full distribution if you did not rr flyers and would like to do so, please phone our Circulation Department ot 365-7266 The winning numbers drawn Thur sday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 4, 6, 8, 30, 33, 36, 44and 53 The winning Wednesday’s Lotto 6749 were 2, 20, 27, 29, 41, and 43. The bonus number was 16. The jackpot of $2,246,197.60 was divided into two prizes of $1, 123,098.80. chased in Ontario and B.C The four Extra winning numbers for B.C. were 5, 42, S0.and 53 The winning numbers drawn in the B.C. Keno lottery were 3, 5, 17, 19, 35, 44, 50and $1 These numbers, provided by The numbers drawn in The tickets were pur Candian Press, must be considered unofficial Review continued from front page Council will ask the successful bid der on the review to: © review the appropriateness of the city’s organizational structure; * review the interaction between departments and_ individuals, in cluding personnel relations, the clarity of roles of department heads and the relationship between council and ad. ministration; © review the qualifications of department heads and areas requiring strengthening or redirection; and * identify and make recommen dations on specific areas of the city's operation in need of change and a strategy to implement the recommen ded changes Winlaw man fined By CasNews Staff Kenneth Greger of Winlaw has been fined $3,000 for marijuana planis following a number of seizures of the drug in the Kootenays in late September However Tuesday stayed charges of possession of 16 marijuana plants brought against Greger, 37, and Elizabeth Sheets, 43, also of Winlaw, a Nelson court registry cultivation of Nelson provincial court spokesman said Yves Lemelin, 27, also of Winlaw, was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation for 12 months Oct. 8 after being charged with Possession of seven of the seized plan ts The charges against the three Winlaw residents were laid after a seizure of over 1,500 plants from 10 areas around the region during a sweep by the Nelson RCMP subdivision drug Section, assisted by the Kelowna air section and various Kootenay detach ments, RCMP said at the time. November 19,1989 SH Castlegar News 3 Briefly HANDICRAFTS ON DISPLAY . . . Kbotenay Art Club member Shirley Torbic looks over one of ny her dried flower ar; nts that were for sale Saturday during the club's second annual the Senior Citizen Hall in Castlegar. CosNews photo Drug awareness continued from front page The following is a brief summary of the week's scheduled activities: BROWN BAG LUNCH SERIES The Castlegar public library and the community task ‘orce on substance abuse will present a variety of videos over thenoon hour. The topics and dates are The Disease of Alcoholism (37 minutes) — Nov. 20; Safety on the Job: “The Hazards of Substance Abuse (18 minutes) and No Accident (20 minutes)? — Nov. 21; The Prescription Trap (34 minutes) and Children of Alcohol (19 minutes) — Nov, 23; Cocaine (33 minutes) and Children of Alcohol (19 minutes) — Nov. 24. MEDICINE CHEST CHECKUP Medicine Chest Checkup is a free consultation with a pharmacist to ensure that the medicines that you, your family or friends take are having albeneficial effect on your health Prescription drugs, cold remedies, cough medicines, pain relievers, tranquilizers, diet pills, etc., may be brought to one of the following locations where a phar macist can answer your questions about dosage, expiration dates, interactions and side effects: Castlegar District Hospital (Carol Furrer) — Nov. 21, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.; Carl's Drugs (Carl Knutson) — Nov. 22, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.; Phar- masave Drugs (Tom Biln) — Nov. 24, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.; ‘ommunity Services (Barb Rainville) — Nov. 25, 3p.m Castleg Ip.m SPECIAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL INFORMATION MEETINGS The Castlegar Community Task Force on Substance Abuse will meet Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Twin Rivers elementary school library. The guest speaker will be Bua Godderis. Currently a social worker at Trail Regional Hospital, Godderis will talk on alcoholism. His experience as a former priest, teacher and social worker is the basis for his discussion on this common problem A second special meeting is scheduled Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. at Stanley Humphries secondary school library Presentations will be given by Doug Eberhardt, traffic safety officer, withthe Insurance Corporation of B.C. in Nelson, and by Const. Russell Sangster of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Castlegar detachment Eberhardt will discuss the hazards of drinking and driving and Sangster will explain the reality of drug use. The task force on substance abuse invites teens, paren ts and other concerned citizens to attend these free, infor mal presentations Abuse continued from front page One of the most difficult parts-of the program for the teachers is the possibility a student may disclose ine or she has been the victim of abuse, Archibald said, but all such statements aré treated seriously and the teachers are made familiar with how to talk to the child and the procedure for reporting disclosures. Archibald and Rogers said it is difficult to say how many disclosures have resulted from teaching the Care program and the Touching pilot program. Teachers are taught to inform the Ministry of Social Services and Housing and their principal but do not need to inform anyone else, Rogers said Training for the Touching program last year was provided by Maureen Little, a registered nurse at Selkirk College, who gives an overview of the subject of abuse, the signs to look for in children who may have been abused, statistics on abuse and the procedure for dealing with disclosures, Rogers said. Last year, a panel was also used that included a ministry representative, a probation officer, a mental health professional, a lawyer and an RCMP officer, Rogers said. The panel members discussed. the subject from their various points of vigw, he said This year, Rogers said he is hoping to include a woman who was abused as a child and- who can provide insight into the topic from her own experiences. As well, Kinnaird elementary teachers will be asked to provide training on the practical use of the program kits, he said Injunction continued from front page case has been gathered, he said, likely in a few months, and then the trial itself could last several years The band members who have been living on the heritage site since the Ministry of Highways obtained its in junction are prepared to remain on the site for the winter, Evans said, and are working on reorganizing the band’s political structure. The Arrow Lakes people originally had hereditary chiefs and later elected their chiefs but the band has been without a ruling leader since the band was dispersed from the lakes area earlier in the century The band is now centred in northern Washington state and is part of the Colville Confederated Tribes When a new band constitution is finalized the band members will “‘get back their distinct identity’ from the confederation and have a voting system in place to elect a chief, Evans explained wo Family searches By CasNews Staff The family of John Raymond Derhousoff of Blewett is still searching for him following his disappearance Oct. 31 and the discovery of his car in Castlegar but the search is difficult, says his mother RCMP said after his “It's just like looking for a needle in ahaystack,"’ Jakatie Derhousoff, also said of Blewett, said Friday Castlegar RCMP say they cannot conduct a police search for the missing man until they receive information from the public to give the search a starting point the Hi Arrow Motor Inn parking lot in Castlegar at about noon the next day, A one-day air search was conducted disappearance and Derhousoff’s family and volunteers have combed parts of the Castlegar area and continue to do so, his mother Posters have been put up all over the Kootenays and all police departments in Western Canada have been notified, Cpl. Dave Day of the Castlegar RCMP said last week Anyone with information on Derhousoff’s whereabouts is askled to call the Castlegar or Nelson RCMP Derhousoff is described as five feet 11 inches tall and weighing about 200 pounds with brown hair, blue eyes and ascar on his throat The night of his disappearance he is believed to have been wearing silver wire-frame glasses, a blue jacket, grey corduroy pants and grey running shoes Derhousoff, 26, left his home in Blewett, southwest of Nelson, at about 3.a.m. Oct. 31 and his car was found in In memory For the record An editing error in Wednesday's story about the Castlegar Hospital ex pansion led toan incorrect statement Including energy-conservation measures in the proposed expansion would, in fact, save the hospital money in its day-to-day operation and would not increase the costs as the story stated Eliminating the energy conservation measures would reduce the cost of expansion but would cost the hospital money in operating funds The Castlegar News regrets the error Roman Katasonoff Roman Katasonoff of Vernon, formerly of Winlaw, passed away Nov. 17, 1989, at age 71 Mr. Katasonoff was born Aug. 25, 1918, at Benito, Man., and moved with his parents to Winlaw as a small boy. He grew up and received his schooling in Winlaw and married Helen Makaiff there in 1943 During his life, he worked in sawmills in both Passmore and Slocan City, retiring in 1968 due to ill health. He had lived a 18 years. He enjoyed the outdoors and reading Mr. Katasonoff is survived by his wife, Helen of Vernon; one son, Ken of Victoria; two daughters, Nettie Soloway of Sicamous and Molly Kolesnikoff of Grand Forks; five grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and one brother, Fred Katasonoff of Wink Funeral services will be held at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel begin ning Monday at 7 p.m. and continuing Tuesday from 10 a.m. until noon with burial at Perry Siding Cemetery following t Vernon for the last law the service Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. . . Chretian has praise for Copps ESTEVAN, Sask. (CP) — Jean Chretien says MP Sheila Copps will be a formidable contender if she runs for the national leadership of the Liberal party Chretien — who has not formally entered the leadership race but is expected to — said Friday he welcomes the competition. “Tlike good fights, so I think she will be a good candidate,” he told aout 100 party supporters at a meeting in the southeastern Saskatchewan city of Estevan Copps also hasn’t officially declared herself, but said Thursday she plans to enter the leadership race if she can raise enough money Chretien, a former Liberal cabinet minister under Pierre Trudeau, has been criss-crossing the country in a campaign-style tour, gauging sup- port for his candidacy Plant safe, report says NANAIMO (CP) — An independent environmental assessment of a ferrochromium plant proposed for the Jack Point area of this Vancouver Island city gives it aclean bill of health The report, by the Vancouver Island Branch of the Association of Professional Engineers, says New Jersey industrialist Jay Wooding's con= trovesial, $41-million plant would be environmentally safe Richard Quitienton, who along with Al Bradfield and Elwin Gower conducted the assessment, said: “There are absolutely no harmful effec: ts; it is quite safe. I'd stand behind it (the plant’s smelter) all year long.”” After pressure from local citizens, city council has agreed to ask the federal government fora fullenvironmental assessment of the plant, Hazy memory called no excuse VICTORIA (CP) — A would-be robber caught at night in a store while swinging a tennis racket and wearing only pink running shoes and a towel around his waist barely remembers a thing, provincial court was told Friday But provincial court Judge Michael Hubbard said a hazy memory was no excuse for breaking into Eaton's downtown department store July 16and fined Brian Lanes $1,000 and placed him on six months probation. Lanes recorded a breath analysis of .16, twice the legal limit for im paired drivers Vehicles top death list VICTORIA (CP) — Motor vehicle accidents are the biggest cause of accidental deaths in British Columbia, says a provincial vital statistics report released Friday Health Minister John Jansen said the 490 who died on the roads last year is unnacceptable and could be substantially reduced through the use of air bags in vehicles He said he plans to push for federal legislation to make air bags man datory for new cars sold in British Columbia The province’s major killer in 1988 was heart disease, claiming almost 6,200 lives. Cancer was next with just over 5,900. For the first time, AIDS is listed as one of the 12 leading causes. Last year, 114 British Columbians died from AIDS-related causes, a 60-per cent increase over 1987 Damaged bay bridge reopened SAN FRANCISCO~(AP) = The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, its earthquake-ruptured section repaired and sporting new silver paint, was reported in a din of blaring horns and cheers. Six California Highway Patrol cruisers, sirens whining, and 13 private tow trucks, yellow lights flashing, led a parade on a $6-kilometre- an-hour, 10-minute trip across the upper deck to San Francisco on Friday night It was the first traffic on the span since a 7.1-magnitude quake struck northern California on Oct. 17, killing-66 people, most of them on a freeway that collapsed in Oakland Bomb kills three soldiers MAYORBRIDGE, Northern Ireland (Reuter) Three British soldiers were killed and a fourth was critically injured in a bomb blast in Northern Ireland Saturday, police said. “They were out on military patrol,"* a police spokesman said. “We have no further details.” The Mayobridge bomb exploded just hours after a British soldier and his wife were blown up ina car blast at a barracks in Colchester, eastern England Fifty-five people have been killed this year in Northern Ireland, where Irish Republican Army guerrillas are battling to oust Britain The death of the three British soldiers in Northern Ireland comes in the 20th anniversary year of British troops being sent into the province Bulgarians call for reforms SOFIA (CP) — More than $0,000 Bulgarians massed in central Sofia Saturday shouting for free elections and a trial for corruption of ousted leader Todor Zhivkov It was the country’s biggest independent rally in four decades of Communist rule. The crowd packed Alexander Nevski Square waving banners depicting the disgraced Zhivkov as Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler of the World War The rally, staged by the country’s growing independent groups, took place a day after reformist Communist leader Petar Mladenov replaced Zhivkov, 78, as head of state Second days New government takes office EAST BERLIN (CP) — East Germany's new coalition government took office Saturday, eager to regain the people's trust with radical economic and political reforms But as East German head of state and Communist party chief Egon Krenz swore in the 28-member cabinet headed by Prime Minister Hans Modrow, 50,000 people demonstrated in Leipzig for more freedom They called on Krenz and party spokesman Guenter Schabowski to quit, saying they and others still in power were too closely associated with the old guard leadership of Erich Honecker, who resigned a month ago amid protests and an exodus to the West Mulroney pledges investments MOSCOW (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney described Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev as ‘one of the great reformers of our time”* and pledged new Canadian investments to help reforms in the Soviet Union, says a newspaper report Mulroney made the comments in an interview with the government newspaper Izvestia shortly before his departure for a week-long visit to the Soviet Union that begins Monday In the story published Saturday, Mulroney said he will be’ signing agreements on direct investments worth several billion dollars. The prime minister said Canada wants to contribute to the process of change under way in the Soviet Union ~--Terento-based children's author and illustrator Phoebe Gilman AUTHOR READS. id reads her books to an audience of Grade 4 students at Twin Rivers élementary school friday. Gilman is touring and activities for Canadian Children's Book Week, which winds up today. ading in the Kootenay area as part of the CosNews Phi Discovery called biggest CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) Astronomers have discovered a gigan tic collection of galaxies that they say is the biggest structure ever seen in the universe The structure, which they call the Great Wall, is so difficult to explain that it raises new questions about theories of the origin and structure of the universe The researchers reported their discovery in Friday’s issue of the jour nal Science. The galaxies that make up the Great Wall form a sheet that is at least S00 million light years long, or about 5,000 billion kilometres. It is 200 million light years wide and 15 million light years thick By comparison, the earth’s Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 light years across. The entire universe is thought to be between 10 billion and 20 billion light years across The Great Wall was discovered by Margaret Geller and John Huchra of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in Cambridge in a detailed three-dimensional map they have been compiling of a section-of the heavens. The structure is so big that it appears to run off the edges of the map Geller said no one knows of a force that could have produced a structure so big in the time since the universe was formed “‘My view is it’s something really missing, something we really don’t un derstand,” said Geller. “It’s not just a more complex version of something we already know.”* Astronomers say each new survey of skies turns up still bigger structures. “This is the latest chapter in a saga that’s been going on since the late 1970s," said Edwin Turner of Prin ceton University. ‘We keep being sur prised that we keep seeing something bigger as we go out farther.”” He said theories about how the universe arrived in its current form already have been stretched by earlier discoveries, and it is not clear whether the Great Wall ‘will be the straw that broke the camel’s back.”” Virtually all current theories hold that the universe-began with a ‘big bang” about 15 billion years ago and expanded rapidly into a highly uniform mix of matter and energy ‘Davis funeral held Saturday GUELPH, Ont. (CP) — Family, friends and team mates of Olympic swimmer Victor Davis paid tribute to the gold medallist Saturday, remembering him as an intense competitor who had azeat for life. The 25-year-old Davis, a Guelph native, died last Monday after being hit by a car two days earlier outside a bar in suburban Montreal “Victor would take chances, seize the opportunity, he lived for the moment,’” David Stubbs said at the funeral service. “It felt good, it felt warm to be around him.”” Stubbs, a Montreal sports writer who first met Davis when he was a child, said the Olympic champion was a dynamic person who leftan “But what made him truly great was he inspired other people to greater heights,"” he eulogized. ‘*This will be his legacy.”” Davis, who had retired from competitive swimming, had been living in Pointe-Claire, Que., a Montreal suburb A police investigation of the accident that killed Davis Was put on hold last week until after the funeral Davis's girlfriend, Donna Clavel, and a friend, Jen nifer Watt, have said the four-time Olympic medal winner quarrelled with three youths in the bar after they had tried to flirt with the women. Clavel and Watt said later that the driver of the car, a 19-year-old man who has not been iden tified, appeared to hit Davis on purpose Davis is survived by his father, Mel, his mother, Leona, and brother Greg, 23. His body will be cremated Monday delible impression on people 750 ATTEND About 750 packed St. John’s Parish Roman Catholic Church and another $0 watched the church service on a television in the library of a neighboring elementary school Six pallbearers, wearing red and white national team warm-up jackets, carried Davis's coffin draped in an Olympic flag into the church — just down the street from a civic pool that bears his name The pallbearers, all former teammates of Davis, were Olympic gold medal winner Alex Baumann, Mike West, Mark Tewksbury, Tom Ponting, Sandy Goss and Viastimil Cerny Baumann said Davis’ intensity made him a winner “1 think the press misunderstood that intensity," he said in an interview at a reception in Davis's high school gymnasium after the church service. “It was that intensity that made him an Olympic champion and a world champion,” said Baumann, who read a prayer for Davisat thg church “He had such charisma. When he walked into a room, everyone remembered him.”* Retired skier Ken Read, Olympic champion speed: skater Gaetan Boucher and sprinter Ben Johnson were among the other athletes who attended the funeral In 1984, Davis won an Olympic gold medal in the 200. metre breaststroke, setting a world record that stdod for five years. He also won a silver medal in the 100-metre race and helped the 4x100-metre medley relay team to a silver medal at the Los Angeles Games. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Davis led the 4x100-metre medley relay team to a silver medal Davis, winner of 30 national championship events, was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1984 Tom Pinckard, president of Swimming Canada, said Davis had a favorite saying that exemplified his attitude. “As he said: ‘Only those who dare truly live.”1 think his credo says it all." Task force says no to arrested man VANCOUVER (CP) City police say they've captured a man they believe fits the profile of the Green River serial killer but Seattle detectives view from Seattle Szekeres was Say they're not very interested in him Vancouver police arrested a 34-year- been hunting for believed responsible for the deaths or disappearance of 48 women from the Seattle-Tacoma area the Green River killer because all the old man Thursday night after stopping acar while investigating a theft report The vehicle was equipped like an un marked police car, complete with flashing lights, said Const. Jim Szekeres. Police also found guns, han: dcuffs and pornographic videos “He is not a reasonable suspect,” Bob Evans, Green River waterway Task Force commander, said Friday in an inter; Friday to react to Evans's comments Police in Washington state have rope years for_a man bodies have been A psychological profile developed have posed asa policeman. Szekeres said police seized a loaded 12-gauge shotgun, two cans of mace, a not available late pair of handcuffs, a machete,-two other knives and about three metres of The man_also carried a .25-calibre handgun, Szekeres said Police were not sure of his correct He was dubbed name because he carried different sets of identification but Szekeres said he found near that was believed to be from the Vancouver area CALLED POLICE by investigators suggests the killer may “We have notified a number of Police agencies who may have had any contact with him, including the Seattle police," Szekeres said s H But Evans saidTSeaytle detectives join socreas in sail 6 $5 Vans to cote push for university VICTORIA (CP) The New Democrats have joined Social Credit in pushing for a university for nothern British Columbia and leader Mike theman. A check of a name provided by Vancouver police turned up no out standing charges, he said ‘I’ve been asked not to give out his name because Vancouver police have not charged him yet,"’ Evans said ‘The qnly thing was he had police equipment; that’s not unusual. There are a lot of people out there who for MIKE HARCOURT +. private member's bill to be tabled calling for University of the North. Harcourt accused the government of making it a political issue rather than a priority Harcourt said a private member's bill will be tabled by his party at the next session of the legislature calling for the establishing of an independent degree-granting North." He said New Democrats have always supported the creation of such an in stitution and accused the Socreds of playing politics with the educaifon goals of people in the north and cent interior of the province The Opposition leader said he is unhappy that Minister Bruce Strachan, a Prince University of the Advanced Education George member of the legislature, told residents they'll have to help him lobby the cabinet if they want their univer sity some reason have police equipment The Gree developed a profile of the Green River killer that su a police officer, frequently handcuffed River police task force ests he masqueraded as or tied up his victims and enjoyed por nographic movies. Police in Washington are already holding a man they consider a viable suspect Investigators continue to examine 1,800 videotapes and 55 bags and car _tons of material seized from William Jay Stevens, a former law student Stevens, who lived in Spokane, has not been charged and denies he is the Green River killer. He was arrested last Jan. 10 on other charges, including escaping custody in 1981 while serving stealing a prison term for police equipment